VH1 Hip Hop Honors

Too $hort has sold millions of records and influenced countless other rappers during his lengthy career. Those things, however, have not made him a household name _ at least not in the majority of households outside of his Bay Area stomping grounds.

The Oakland rhyme buster is a towering giant on the Bay Area hip-hop scene and heâ€™s highly regarded in rap circles around the globe. Yet, overall, this local legend seems somewhat underappreciated in comparison to other rappers with equal (or usually lesser) stats.

To name names, Too $hort should be at least as famous as Juvenile, Ludacris, Lil Jon and Nelly. And, really, thatâ€™s really just being nice to those other rappers.